[TowerTalk] TA-33Jr.

[Larry Saletzki]

Hi Paul, I like you started out with the TA-33Jr. I picked mine up at the
local truck terminal since at the time it was to long for UPS to ship. I
believe the boom was 12' and UPS could only deal with 10'. So I have this
box 12' + long tied to the roof of my 1960 Volkswagen headed to my parents
house. You know they didn't say much until I brought home the RTTY equipment
and was running it in the middle of the night. Must have been a clue go look
for that house you have been looking for!

Well I built a 4-811A amplifier and knew I needed to upgrade the TA-33Jr.
Yes you are correct it was the MP-33 which only upgraded the driven element.
I do not believe Mosley ever made a "true" TA-33Jr to TA-33SR upgrade. By
the way the TA-33Jr/MP33 is about 60' above my head at this time and still
working VERY well. I have a TA-33SR in my garage and a new TK40-R (I think
that is the correct number) for 40M to add on to it. However I may have to
wait awhile until the XYL is gone a week to slide it up in place of the
current antenna.

I believe that the TA-33 line was and still is one of the best antennas ever
made. Don't sell it short. I have worked the world with mine which certainly
has a few years on it but still to this day works great!
73 Larry WA9VRH

----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Christensen, Esq." <w9ac at arrl.net>
To: "Ken Cechura" <kcechura at umr.edu>; <towertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 7:41 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] TA-33Jr.


> Ken,
>
> The TA-33jr. was my fist and last "real" HF antenna.  After college, I
moved
> from one gated community to another to the point where all I have are
> stealth antennas in the back yard.  I would love to have my TA-33jr back
> again.
>
> 30 years ago, I purchased the TA-33jr for exactly $95.95 (then known on
the
> bands as WN9JCG).  I know because I saved all the money I had from a paper
> route to buy it.  Performance on all three bands was quite good for a
> 12-foot boom.  It rested nicely on a 50-foot Rohn tower with a ten foot
> mast.  I was in heaven when that antenna went up.  By today's standards, I
> suspect that the TA-33 and its progeny do not perform as well as
> computer-aided designs.
>
> The SWR F/B, and relative gain of that antenna was very on all bands.
> Everything worked fine until the day I received a SB-230 Heathkit
amplifier
> for my birthday.  Upon tuning up the amp into the antenna for the first
> time, I melted the driven element traps.  At that time, Mosely had just
> produced a "MP" driven element as a replacement driver element for use
with
> higher power transmitters to 1KW.  The reflector and director elements
were
> left alone.  After the conversion, I never had a single problem with that
> antenna in northern Illinois for many years until I sold it to help fund
> college expenses.
>
> -Paul, W9AC
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ken Cechura" <kcechura at umr.edu>
> To: <towertalk at contesting.com>
> Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 7:23 PM
> Subject: [TowerTalk] TA-33Jr.
>
>
> > Just bought one from an estate...  Looks like a pretty good antenna, for
> the
> > price I got.
> >
> > Questions:
> >
> > I see 30/40M add-ons and a  12 & 17 M add on, and a "high power"
> conversion.
> >
> > Does anyone have these upgrades?
> > Where'd you get it?
> > How much did it cost?
> > How does it perform?
> >
> > and what exactly IS the high power conversion?  I don't have a QRO
> > box yet, but eventually....
> >
> > It will be a while before I put this thing up in the air, but I'd like
to
> > learn a bit about it :)
> >
> > Thanks
> > Ken, KC9UMR
> > President, W0EEE
> > Trustee, KF9ART
> >
> >
> >
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